Holyoke Computing Center Almost Official

For those following the news around a new supercomputing center project to be developed in and around the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts, the various commercial, academic and political members are near a decision for the physical site. According to a report on a Boston website [and an article in the Springfield Republican newspaper], the actual location will be decided upon this July.

The actual site has been widely debated in the past few months. The project carries some serious deep pockets, including EMC Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc, so the local constituents are paying serious attention to the project.

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